Rob Parker (sports journalist)
- Rob Parker (sports journalist)
Infobox Radio Presenter
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birthdate = 1964
birthplace = New York, New York, U.S.
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show = ESPN First Take, The Brandon Tierney Show
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WEPN: 9 PM-11 PM
style = Sports talk
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Rob Parker (born in New York City, 1964-) is a sports columnist for the Detroit News, a contributor on ESPN on ESPN First Take and ESPN Radio, co-hosting a radio show on WEPN with Brandon Tierney. Parker also previously was part of the Detroit sports radio team Parker & the Man until that show was canceled on 2008-06-09, joining ESPN Radio two weeks later.
Parker appears on ESPN First Take's 1st and 10. Parker also appeared on Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith, a sportswriters' roundtable discussion of the week's hottest sports topics.
Parker attended Southern Connecticut State University and Columbia University for graduate studies in journalism. Before becoming the first black sports columnist at the Detroit Free Press in 1993, Parker was a reporter for the Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the Daily News in New York and The Cincinnati Enquirer. He was also the first black sports columnist at Newsday in New York in 1995.
Parker is a member of the NABJ and the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.
Controversy
• On March 28, 2008, Parker declared on ESPN's First Take that he had low expectations for college players Tyler Hansbrough and Kevin Love in the NBA, because they are white. [http://thebiglead.com/?p=5186]
• The African-American Parker is not shy to discuss the racial aspects of current sports events, such as the NBA off-court dress policy, or the lack of African-Americans in NFL coaching positions. He recently penned a much-debated column where he called Hank Aaron a "coward" for declining to attend when Barry Bonds would break the career Major League home run record. [http://blogs.usatoday.com/sportsscope/2007/04/calling_out_han.html]
External links
*Rob Parkers' latest "Detroit News" columns are available [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS08 online.]
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